Temporary winter awning shelter?

Yes, we need folks like you as elected officials. Thank you for doing it, it's a real hassle for the right people, because they'd be doing more interesting things with their time than arguing with fools.

 

Its very true, everyone complains, myself included, but no one wants to step up to sit on boards and committees. Those are where these things like By_laws get amended and changed. Planning Boards, Zoning Boards of Appeals, Conservation Committee, Sewer Commission, Historical Commission, etc, etc.

 

I'm starting to have the opinion that our leaders should be selected through some other process than the one we have. The first criteria is that they have no desire to be in a position of authority. That would be a start. I know I'm dreaming here, and as with all forms of government, eventually that one would become rotten, too, somehow.

 

Don’t you have a couple trees in the back yard? Tie a rope between two of them high up. You now have a ridge. Drape a tarp over the ridge in any fashion you desire and tie off to other trees or stakes. Leave some long trailer ropes on it and you can pull the tarp down and put it back up in minutes from the ground.

 

Good point! I posted about what you described, last year, referred to as a bivouac, and actually did exactly as you described, in the back yard. Worked fine.

What I'm trying to do here, is a little different. Essentially, have a vestibule next to the house, to make the wood heating endeavor more comfortable and convenient. The bivouac is fine, the vestibule would be better.

 

Find the studs and tap con or lag bolt 3 chain links to side of house in 2 places just under soffit. Then you have something to rope off to. They make tent posts that fit in the grommets of tarps . Get a few and cut to desire height for the slope you want. Take down and set up proly less than 5 min .
Fast easy cheap and no permit.

 

I built a few of these. Easy, cheap, portable.
12 foot long, 16 inches wide, one set of uprights are 5 foot, one set are 6 foot. Roof is 12x2 tin.

 

I like your suggestions! Trouble is, there are no studs, it's stucco over fieldstone mortared with mud (250 year old house). The mud won't hold tapcons, and the granite fieldstone is really, really hard. I've drilled a couple of small holes with a big rotary hammer, and I told myself I wouldn't do it again. And as I can't see under the stucco, it's a crapshoot whether I'd hit stone or mud joint.

 

Sharp looking wood racks. I'm curious about the quarter-round roof design. Is it just for aesthetics, or is there a function that is superior to a straight pitched roof?

 

How about wedge anchors ?

 

I have a shelterlogic shed that's older than this forum, it sheds snow fine, even the crappy heavy rain laden wet crap we get here so often and has destroyed my greenhouse(s).

Temporary usually means tarps. Ugly tarps with all the problems inherent with tarps.

You don't get to redefine what temporary is to suit what your definition of temporary needs to be.
If you want to live in a historic district then live in a historic district and enjoy all the perks that come with that definition.
If you don't like the rules that have been enacted to maintain the historic character of the neighborhood - move.
It's a fairly easy concept to understand.

 

Wow.

Except the historic ordinance was passed after I moved here. And it's not a district, it's certain houses designated by this group of creeps trying to control others and take their liberties and property rights. There are zero benefits to the owners of these designated properties, nor their neighbors, most are just old dilapidated chitholes (mine included). Should I ask my ailing parents, who I moved here to help take care of, to move? You sound like you are a proud member of a historic commission or a township supervisor. Thank you for your helpful comments, and Happy New Year!

 

That could work. I'll have to think about whether drilling into this particular structure is worth it to me, but it's a good idea!

 

The sheds may have more supports. The 10x20 canopy only has three roof supports; one on either end and the one in the middle. The Shelterlogic canopy won't take a snow load; I even saw one collapsed after a heavy snowfall and the literature that accompanies the canopy states that it won't support a snow load.

 

Just for aesthetics

 

I like it! They are like small architectural structures on your property. I give a lot of thought to how things could look better, but have no talent for it. But, I do recognize it when I see it.

 

How about building a flap of sorts out of 2x4's and some corrugated fiberglass panels? If you could anchor hinges to something, you could raise and lower it as needed with some pulleys.